Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a Republican from Ohio and the subcommittee’s chair said in a post-testimony statement that the initial day of questioning revealed “drastic and systemic failures in America’s public health systems.” Health System Failure? House Republicans recently interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci for two days, focusing on perceived gaps in the oversight of research funded…
National Review, the conservative and libertarian magazine founded by William Buckley Jr in the 1950s, urged its readers on Wednesday to vote for anyone other than Trump. Other Options The two alternatives suggested by the editors of the National Review were Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. According to polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight, both are more than…
The U.S. Senate’s efforts to reach a bipartisan consensus for enhancing U.S.-Mexico border security have hit a roadblock. Deal Dispruted Despite earlier signs of progress in reaching a deal, a single contentious issue has disrupted the path to agreement. Border Deal Agreement Possibility Oklahoma’s Senator James Lankford, spearheading the Republican negotiation team, on Sunday indicated…
On Monday, Trump said in an interview that he hopes the economy crashes in the next 12 months to hurt Biden. Trump’s Comments Trump called the economy “fragile” and argued that “the only reason it’s running now is it’s running off the fumes of what we did.” He predicted that it would soon crash. Repeated…
According to an analysis by the New York Times, Trump’s attempt to transform his court appearance into a media spectacle flopped. Focus instead went to the judges’s stringent interrogation of Trump’s legal team and their apparently unconvincing arguments. Putting on a Show Some of Trump’s previous court appearances have practically shut down the courtroom as…
The Supreme Court has given the green light for Idaho’s abortion ban to be enforced and will also consider a dispute about the Biden administration’s interpretation of the EMTALA. The Abortion Debate The administration asserts that EMTALA mandates emergency room doctors to carry out abortions. Idaho disputes this, arguing that EMTALA does not explicitly mention…
In 2022, the Department of Energy replaced Trump regulations governing dishwashers and clothes washers, replacing them with far stricter rules meant to reduce water and energy use. While the DOE claimed this would be environmentally and economically beneficial to consumers, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit disagreed. Tightening rules The fight began…
On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted that a majority of undocumented immigrants at the border are indeed being released into the U.S. He emphasized, however, the significant number of deportations carried out by the administration. “I know the data” On “Special Report,” Mayorkas responded to anchor Bret Baier’s questions regarding reports from Customs…
The first major poll of 2024 shows that Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden among Hispanic voters. USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll The USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll reveals that Trump leads Biden among Hispanic voters by 39% to 34%. Trump Holds a 5-Point Lead Similarly, last month’s CNBC All-America Economic Survey also found…
A maintenance worker at a hospital was fired for asking for a religious exemption to a flu shot policy, sparking a $45,000 settlement and a religious discrimination lawsuit. Economic or Religious Freedom? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that the hospital’s actions breached Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which mandates that employers respect…